Mamta Banerjee

Vivek Agnihotri's The Bengal Files faces legal heat as TMC files multiple FIRs

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri is promoting The Bengal Files in the U.S., while back in India, West Bengal's TMC has filed police complaints against the film and its team.

TMC set to win 30 seats, BJP trailing in West Bengal

In 2024, West Bengal had a high-octane contest with Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee projecting BJP as an 'outsider' and the saffron party raking up the Sandeshkhali episode

Why did Calcutta HC say Muslims treated as a commodity for political ends while cancelling OBC certificates issued post 2010 in West Bengal?

“Identification of the classes in the said community as OBCs for electoral gains would leave them at the mercy of the concerned political establishment and may defeat and deny other rights,” the judgement said.

INDIA bloc to win LS polls, BJP will not even cross 200 seats: Mamata

The goons of the CPI(M) have changed colors and are now working for the BJP, the TMC supremo claimed.

Sandeshkhali Case: Top 10 key things

Sheikh Shahjahan, who had been evading authorities for 55 days, was arrested by a special Bengal police team in the North 24 Parganas district around midnight. Following his arrest, he was brought to the Basirhat court for further legal proceedings.

Dearness Allowance is not mandatory but an option: Mamata Banerjee

"DA is not mandatory, it's just an option," she said, adding that her government has given the DA as per the pay commission's fresh directive, and for that purpose, it has spent over Rs 2 lakh and 52 thousand crore in the last two years.

Visva Bharati sends fresh letter to CM demanding return of road

The three-km road connecting Post Office More with Sriniketan, was taken over by the Public Works Department of the state government from the university in 2020 "to facilitate better connectivity".

Rs 550 crore grinding unit of Shree Cement inaugurated in Purulia

The state-of-the-art facility has a production capacity of three million metric tonne per annum (MTPA) and is strategically positioned to meet the surging demand for cement in West Bengal and neighbouring Jharkhand and to bolster the company's market share in eastern India, which is among the country's fastest growing markets, a company official said.

Why is everyone in Kolkata so happy?

Festivals extend for days here, and no one seems to mind waiting an hour for a routine bank enquiry. Nor does anyone fear loss of limb while walking on the road. The underdog seems to rule here, and the crowds are ever ready to mete out justice.

After Goa debacle, Mamata Banerjee must revise her plans for TMC

Mamata Banerjee needs to revise the TMC’s plans. Rather than stretching itself thin over many states, the party must focus in select states where it has a greater chance

BJP to up the ante in Bengal, post HC verdict

BJP will play the role of an effective/aggressive opposition in the state with no let-up in attacking Mamata, standing in solidarity with its supporters impacted by violence

Mamata vs Centre: CBI arrests TMC leaders in Narada scam but overlooks BJP turncoats

On May 17, CBI arrested four senior Trinamool Congress leaders in the Narada sting operation case shot in 2014. The leaders include Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, former mayor Sovan Chatterjee and ex-transport minister Madan Mitra; however no CBI action was taken against two other accused in the case, Mukul Roy and Suvendu Adhikari, who are now in BJP.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s younger brother Ashim Banerjee succumbs to COVID-19

Ashim Banerjee was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Medica Superspecialty Hospital in Kolkata.

Two TMC MLAs who joined BJP meet Mamata Banerjee, fuel speculation

The two legislators claimed that they met the chief minister regarding development works in their constituencies, both of which are in the North 24 Parganas district.

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi, expresses displeasure over central teams' visit to assess COVID-19 situation

The Union home ministry said on Monday the COVID-19 situation is "especially serious" in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata and a few other places in West Bengal

Coronavirus lockdown: Babul Supriyo criticises Mamata Banerjee's decision to open flower market

Supriyo, who had been criticising the CM in a series of posts on his Twitter handle on issues ranging from supply of testing kits to the state to alleged loot in ration items, on Saturday tweeted that by opening the Howrah flower market "the CM is endangering public safety and this reflects the dangerous state of affairs in West Bengal."

Bengal govt urges MHA to rethink on entrusting Guv's security with CRPF

The state government, in a letter to the MHA, has also sought to know the reasons why it was not consulted before the decision to hand over the governor's security to the CRPF was taken.

BJP mocks Mamata Banerjee's offer to quit the CM post as 'drama'

Banerjee offered to quit as chief minister following her party's drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, but the TMC rejected it.

Mamata Banerjee revamps party organisation to counter BJP's rise

The Trinamool Congress also clipped the wings of her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, considered number two in the party. All the districts under him where the BJP has won have been taken away and given to other leaders.

PM, other political and business leaders pay tributes to ITC's Deveshwar

"Shri Y C Deveshwar made a strong contribution to Indian industry. His efforts helped ITC become a professionally-run Indian company with a global footprint. Saddened by his demise. My thoughts are with his family, friends and the ITC group in this hour of grief," the prime minister said in a tweet.

CBI to fast-track probe against SEBI, RoC officials in Saradha case that sparked political row

The move comes as the agency prepares to file charge sheets in the controversial scam, they said.

Substantial material against Kolkata Police Commissioner, CBI tells SC

CBI said Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee along with the DGP, additional commissioner of police sat on dharna or sit-in at around 10 pm Sunday in Kolkata and as such a conduct by the officials in uniform points to 'complete anarchy prevailing in Kolkata and West Bengal'.